DISSOCIATION: AN INSUFFICIENTLY RECOGNIZED MAJOR FEATURE OF COMPLEX POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER. Onno van der Hart, Ellert R.S. Nijenhuis, and Kathy Steele.
In this important paper, Onno Van der Hart and colleagues underline the role of dissociation in complex posttraumatic stress disorders. Insufficiently recognized among these troubles, dissociation is nevertheless a key concept initially elaborated by French psychologist Pierre Janet (1859 – 1947) in Paris. This article explains the nature of dissociation according to Janet and why it is still most relevant for current clinical research and treatment.
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